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52U Congress, \ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. /Mis. Doc. 

2d Session. J \ No. 100. 

MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 

ON THE 

LIFE AND CHARACTER 

OF 

John W. Kendall. 

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM KENTUCKY, 



DELIVERED IN THE 



House of representatives and in the Senate, 



FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 



PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS. 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMEN1 PRINTING OFFICE. 
1893. 



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Resolved hu the House nf Representatives (tin St naii < (incurring), That there 

lie printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress a] the Hon. .7<>ti\ \Y. 

Kendall, Late a Representative front the State of Kentucky, 8,000 copii -. 
of which 2,000 copies shall be delivered to the Senators ami Representa- 
tives of thai State, and of the remaining number L',000 copies shall lie for 
the nse of the Senate and 1,000 copies for the use of the House, and of the 
quota of the House the Public Printer shall set aside 50 copies, which he 
shall have bound in full morocco with gilt edges, the same to be delivered 
when completed to the familj of the deceased; and the Secretary of the 
Treasurj is hereby directed to have engraved and printed atthe earliest 
day practicable a portrait of the deceased to accompany said eulogies. 

Agreed to iii the House of Representatives February 14, 1893. 

Agreed to in the Senate February 11. 1*93. 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEATH. 



March 8, 1892. 

Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky: Mr. Speaker, with sincere 
sorrow I announce the death of my late colleague, the Hon. 
John W. Kendall, a Representative from the State of Ken- 
tucky. He died in this city yesterday evening at 10 o'clock. 
Those who knew him best loved to honor him. He was county 
attorney of his native county for eight years. He was a mem- 
ber of the Kentucky legislature for eight years. He was 
Commonwealth's attorney of the thirteenth judicial district 
six years, and he was serving his first term in the Congress of 
the United States when he was stricken with death, in all 
the positions of honor and trust to which he was elected he 
was always conspicuous for ability, integrity, and devotion to 
duty. Later in the session I will ask the House of Representa- 
tives to set apart a day to take appropriate action in regard to 
the death of my deceased colleague. I now ask the adoption 
of the resolutions which I send to the Clerk's desk. 

The resolutions were read, as follows: 

Itesolred, That the members of the House of Representatives have heard 
with deep regret and profound sorrow of the death of the Hon. John W. 
Kendall, late a Representative from the State of Kentucky. 

Resolved, That a committee of seven members of the House be appointed 
by the Speaker, to act with such Senators as may be selected, to attend 

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4 Proceedings in the House of Representatives. 

the funeral of the deceased; and thai the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House 
shall take order for superintending the funeral and for escorting the re- 
mains of the deceased to hi* home; and the necessary expenses attending 
the execution of this order shall \«- paid out of the contingent fond of the 
House. 

Resolved, That the Clerk be directed t" communicate to the Senate a 
copy of these resolutions. 

R< solved, That, as a further mark of respei i . the ll""-.- do now adjourn. 

The resolutions were adopted unanimously. 

Pending The adjournment, 

The Speaker announced the appointmenl of the following 
committee under the resolutions: .Mr. Paynter, of Kentuckj : 
Mr. Alderson, of Weal Virginia; Mr. Amerman, of Pennsyl- 
vania; Mr. Bailey, of Texas; Mr. Fellows, of New York; Mr. 
Wilson, <>f Kentucky, and Mi. Belknap, of Michigan. 

Tin- House then (at 12 o'clock and L3 minutes p. m.) ad 
journed. 



EULOGIES. 



February 4, 18!>3. 

Tbe Speaker. The Clerk will read the special order. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That Saturday, the 4th of February, 1893, beginning at 3p. m., 
be set apart for the purpose of paying tribute to the memory of the Hon. 
John W. Kendall, deceased, lately a Representative from the Tenth dis- 
trict of Kentucky. 

Mr. McCreary. Mr. Speaker, I offer the resolutions which 
I send to the desk. 

The resolutions were read, as follows: 

Resolved, That the business of the House of Representatives be now sus- 
pended that opportunity may be given for tribute to the memory of Hon. 
John W. Kendall, late a Representative from the State of Kentucky. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased and in recognition of his eminent ability as a distinguished public 
servant, the House of Representatives, a t the conclusion of these memorial 
services, shall stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family 
of the deceased. 



Address of Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky. 

Mr. Speaker: The death roll of public irieu is lengthening 
rapidly, and in Congress, as in every sphere of life, we are con- 
tinually reminded that "in the midst of life we are in death." 

The regular business of the House of Representatives is sus- 
pended now in order that we may pay tribute to the memory 
of one of the noblest and truest and best of men. While at 



i; Address of Mr. Mi Crcary, of Kentucky, on the 

his post of duty, in fclie prime and vigor of splendid manhood, 
and in the midst of plans and hopes and comprehensive pur- 
poses, Eon. John W. Kjendaul suddenly died <>n the 7th of 

March. L892. 

He was born in Morgan County, Kentucky, June 26, ls.ii. 
Beared among people \\h" loved liberty, honor, and virtue, he 
was a true type of a chivalrous, honorable, patriotic Kentuck- 

ian. 

As a citizen he was kind, obliging, and sympathetic. In his 
dealings with men he was just and fair, and he illustrated as 
well as any man I have ever known, his beliefin the beautiful 
maxim. "Do your duty to God, yourself, and your fellow-man, 
and Leave the rest to Him who doeth all things well." 

As a lawyer he ranked among the first in his section of the 
State. When just eligible he was elected by the voters of his 
native county to the office ofcounty attorney, lie discharged 
e\ cry duty that devolved on him with such ability ami fidelity 
that he s i became distinguished at the bar and was reelected 

county attorney without opposition. Later in life- he was elect- 
ed Oomi wealth's at loniey at the judicial district in which 

he resided, embracing a Dumber of counties, anil he was < 

^l>i< in 111 v fur tlie earnestness, ability, ami courage with which 
be advocated law ami order and brought criminals to justice. 

In the late civil war Mi . Ki:\l> W l. entered the militai \ >ei \ - 

ice of the Confederate States at the verj commencement of 

hostilities and seised as a private soldier in the fifth Kentucky 

Infantry and later as lieutenant ami adjutant of the Tenth 
Kentucky < avalr\ . 

lie was a lua\ e ami fa it hi ul soldier, and after the war closed 
he returned to his home with the confidence, respect, ami love 
of his comrades. 

lie was twice elected to represent Morgan Count} in the leg 
islature of the State of Kentucky, and was quite prominent 



Life and Character of John W. Kendall. 7 

because of his able and earnest advocacy of measures to pro- 
mote education, internal improvements, and geological devel- 
opment. 

In 1890 be was elected a Representative in tbe Congress of 
the United States from the Tenth Congressional district of Ken- 
tucky, and was discharging his duties as a faithful, earnest, 
zealous, conscientious Representative when he was suddenly 
stricken down. 

He married Martha A. Davidson, of Floyd County, Ky., 
in 18G0, and was blessed above measure in the sweet and ten- 
der companionship of a wife who was devoted to him for more 
than a quarter of a century. She was with him in loving affec- 
tion to the end, and the vow " Till death do us part " was sa- 
credly kept. 

I served in the same army with Hon. John W. Kendall. 
He was my brother member two terms in the Kentucky legis- 
lature, and he was my colleague in the Congress of the United 
States. Few of his friends knew him better or appreciated 
him more than I did. I knew him to be a devoted friend, a 
worthy citizen, a faithful officer, an honest man. He was also 
a thorough American and a true patriot. Proud of his own 
State and devoted to its progress and improvement, he also 
studied the interest of the whole Republic, and was ready at 
all times by proper national legislation to promote the pros- 
perity and greatness of the whole country. 

For thirty-seven years, without "variableness or shadow of 
turning," he was a staunch Democrat and honestly believed 
the teachings and principles of his party would best promote 
the happiness of the people and the welfare of the country. 
He spoke often and ably in behalf of Democratic principles, 
and he was always courteous, just, and fair to his political 
opponents. 

Every chapter of history teaches the wonderful truth that 



8 Address of Mr. J'ayntcr, of Kentucky ', on the 

"the i >;i t li - of glory lead but to the grave," and this is singu 
larly applicable t<> him whose memory we honor to-day 

lie liad been tilled with an honorable ambition for year-- to 
represent in the Congress of the United states the district in 
which he was born and reared, and in which liis family and his 
wile's family had become prominent. 

Alter one year of sen iee as < 'ongreSBman Ins path of honor 

and glory terminated suddenly at the grave. 

The yearnings of human nature are the same everywhere. 
The greal Napoleon, when life's fitful fever was nearly ended. 
wrote as his last message: "I desire to be buried on the banks 
of the Seine, in the midst of the people I have loved so well." 

Mr. Kkndall was devotedly attached to his people and his 
native county. In accordance with his wishes he was buried 
in his native county, where he was horn and reared and hon- 
ored, among the people he loved so well. 

We how with humble resignation to the summons that so 
suddenly called him away, and we invoke Divine blessings on 
the bereaved widow and sorrowing children of our dead col- 
league and friend. 



Address of Mr. Paynter, of Kentucky. 

Mr. Speaker: "But kings and mightiest potentates must 
die, for that is the end of human misery." 

Death visits the hovel and palace alike. The abodes of the 

powerful, moral, cultivated, and intellectual people are made 

desolate like those of the weak, immoral, base, ami ignorant. 

One of the best inclinations of the human heart i> to speak 
kindly id' the dead. It we could speak nothing hut evil it 
would he better that silence should he forever maintained. 
To paj a just tribute to the memorj of the dead is a Bad pleas- 
ure. 



Life and Character of John \V. Kendall. 9 

I shall speak briefly but truthfully of my late colleague 
John W. Kendall, who first .saw the light and was reared in 
that section of Kentucky where heroic manhood exists; where 
nature has bestowed wealth with a prodigal hand ; a section 
of the country rich in mineral and agriculture, beautiful and 
picturesque. The people inhabiting it are honest, frugal, in- 
telligent, and patriotic. Amid these surroundings he grew to 
manhood, inspiring him with a love of his section of the 
country and devotion to its people. He was ever proud of the 
fact that he was born in the mountainous section of Kentucky. 
He loved the people who had always been generous in the 
bestowal of their confidence upon him. 

Nature had been kind in its gifts to him. He was a man of 
physical energy and mental force. He was not born to luxury 
and ease. His early experience taught him that lie was cast 
upon a great battlefield, where no victory is won or success 
achieved except by heroic effort in the stern shocks of its bat- 
tles. Ambitious, he sought the conflict; courageous, he fought 
heroically; intelligent, he directed his efforts wisely, thus win- 
ning victories and accomplishing success. 

He did not have a collegiate education. He was educated 
in the common schools of his State and at the academy at 
Owingsville, Ky. He was a man of varied information. On the 
hustings he was forceful, pleasing, and captivating. As an ad- 
vocate in criminal cases he won success and fame. He liked 
the criminal practice because it gave him a wider field for the 
display of his gifts as an advocate. He cast his fortunes with 
the South in the late civil war, and was a brave and gallant 
soldier. 

He sought the suffrages of his fellow-citizens, who gratified 
his ambition by twice electing him county attorney of his na- 
tive county, twice elected him member of the Kentucky legisla- 
ture, once Commonwealth's attorney for the thirteenth judicial 
district of Kentucky, and by electing him a member of the 



10 Address of Mr. Paynter, of Kentucky, on the 

Fifty-second Congress. As count; and Commonwealth attor- 
ney he discharged his duties ably and well. Bis administra- 
tion "i these offices merited and received tin- approval of the 
people. 

A^ a member of the legislature lit- displayed marked ability, 
winning the confidence and respecl of the people of the State. 
Asm member of the Fifty-second Congress he entered this, 
llnuse in December, 1891, with no acquaintance among its 
membership except with part of the members from his own 
State lie died on the Ttii day of March, 1892. He was eon 
slant in his attendance on the sessions of the House until his 
death. lie seemed intent on understanding the various meas 
ores considered by the House and in mastering the detail- of 
legislation. 

lie was modest and unassuming in the discharge of his duties. 
lie had no opportunity during Ids brief service in the House to 
acquaint his colleagues with the capacity tor the service tor 
which his people had selected him. Doubtless had he lived to 
the end of his term he would have met w ith the expectations 
of his most sanguine friends, and have been useful to his con 
Btituency and to his country. 

The careei of Mr. Kendall in public affairs has nol given 
him the wide fame that it has been the fortune of others to 
acquire; his distinction at the bar may not have been bo meat 
as Other8 have won. but it can be truthfully said that he tilled 

everj position ably and well to which his country called him. 
and that he was tine and loyal to his clients, rendering them 
able and satisfactory service. Asa friend he was devoted and 

true. Asa citizen he was hoiie-t and patriotic, lie was a 

devoted husband, a kind and indulgent father. 

I was a member of the committee which accompanied the 
body to Kentucky for interment. I then learned that the 
esteem in which he was held bv Ins neighbors and friends was 



Life and Character ofJoJui W. Kendall. 11 

tender and affectionate. His body now lies beneath the sod in 
the section of the country he loved so well, near the place 
where his youthful imagination was excited by the beautiful 
and picturesque, in the midst of friends who will keep his grave 
green and his memory in fondest recollection. "Rest is sweet 
after strife." 



Address of Mr. Caruth, of Kentucky. 

Mr. Speaker : The badges of mourning worn by the living 
to the memory of the dead, the pall which covers the bier, the 
flowers which loving, mournful hands strew upon the coffin Of 
those who have passed through time into eternity, bear testi- 
mony that death does not end all, but that memory lives to 
cherish the virtues and recall the deeds of the departed one. 

There is that in our nature which revolts at the thought that 
our dead should sleep in forgotten places and lie in unmarked 
graves. Affection's loving hands rear over them the monu- 
mental marble and trace thereon the record of their lives, so 
that posterity may note the spot where they sleep and recall 
their names and deeds. 

The general who has led an army to victory and preserved, 
perhaps, the liberty of the nation, the wise ruler who has so 
shaped his country's course that it has moved on to prosperity 
and wealth, the stateman who by wise counsel, in a trying 
hour, has benefited his government and gained distinction, 
lives not only in history, song, and story, but his memory is 
preserved in towering marble and monumental brass. Their 
memories are thus preserved, not only to honor the dead, but 
that their example may arouse the emulation and stimulate 
the ambition of those who come after them to deeds of valor, 
of wisdom, and of patriotism. 



12 Address of Mr. Cant tit, of Kentucky, on (At 

In a government like inns, - - < ► t' the people, for the people, and 
by the people," how important it is to teach by such examples 
as these thai the citizen lives not alone for the selfish, sordid 
ends of existence, imt for the good of his country and the 
preservation <>l' its liberties. 

It is not only tn sin iw uiir respect for the memory of the dead 
who had been chosen the lawmakers for their particular sec 
lions and by association with as commanded our respect and 
won our regard thatwe cease for the time our labors and 

voice our opini f their lives, lmt it is also to place on per 

petual record the narrative of their careers, to tell the work 
they have accomplished, the deeds they have performed, in 
order that they may lie examples to the ambitious sons of the 
Republic who seek to follow in their steps. 

[n eight lines of the Congressional Directorj is told in these 

modest winds the story of the- life of Jul in W. BjENDALL: 

John W. Kendall, of Weal Liberty, was bom in Morgan (now Elliott) 
County, Ky., Juno 26, 1834 ; attended the countrj Bchools and the Ow ings- 
ville Academy ; Btudied law with JudgeW. II. Burns, of Weal Liberty, 
afterwards of Virginia; twice elected count} attornej of Morgan; Bra! 
lieutenant and adjutant of the Tenth Kentucky Confederate Cavalry, 
and served throughout the « iu ; twice :i member of the Kentucky I «-^; i ^l;i - 
ture; Bis years commonwealth attornej for the thirteenth judicial dis- 
trict; elected to the Fifty-second Congress. 

In these few lines, what a record of a busy, useful, and am- 
bitious career! How full of the struggles and triumphs of 
life! His opportunities for earlj education were but limited. 
No college gave him its diploma; aouniversitj conferred upon 

him its degree and testilied to his litness to enler the field of 

professional labor he had chosen; but there was in him the 
determination to succeed, and at tin- close of his lite ii can he 
said he aspired to no position to which lie did not eventually 

attain. Thai he w as a good soldier his promot ion in I he cause 

in- bo valiantly and conscientiously espoused hears testimony. 

Thai he was a good lawyer is evidenced by his elevation to the 



Life and Character of John W.Kendall. 13 

office of attorney of his county and afterwards commonwealth 
attorney of his judicial district. 

That he was a good citizen, rich in the confidence of his neigh- 
bors, is shown by his election and reelection as a member of the 
general assembly of Kentucky. That he was awise counselor, 
beloved of the people, is testified by the regard in which he was 
held by the citizens of the sixteen counties of his district, in 
giving him the most important office their votes could confer 
and accrediting him, as their representative, in the highest 
lawmaking body of the nation. 

We, his colleagues, who knew him before his coming here, 
watched him with interest ; we knew that he was ambitious: 
we knew that in all the stations he had occupied in life he had 
been true and faithful so as to win the approval of his people, 
and we saw him enter on his Congressional career determined 
to acquire a fullknowledgeof the rules of procedure of the House 
so that he could so discharge the duties of a Representative 
that he could return to the people with a clear conscience and 
hear the plaudit, " Well done, thou good and faithful servant." 
But how true it is, "Man proposes and God disposes." His 
career here was soon to end; he was accustomed to the free, 
pure air of his native mountains, and in the vitiated, confined 
atmosphere of this Chamber he could not live. 

At that desk in December he took the oath of membership; 
in March, without warning, disease's heavy hand struck him 
down and death claimed him. His busy useful life was ended 
and earth's struggles were over. The blasts of March blighted 
the buds of promise — they withered and died. Many in this 
Chamber never met the genial, whole-souled, and clever gen- 
tleman or felt in friendship his hearty grasp, but those who 
did respected and honored him. 

His mortal remains were borne to their- last resting place 
amid the mountains of eastern Kentucky and laid at rest 



14 Address of Mr. Bunn, of North Carolina, on the 

among the people who knew and loved him all his life, and 
many a sincere tear wet the sod that covered his dust. In 
token of their regard that people by a unanimous nomination 
and almost a onimous vote sent here as his successor the son 
about whom his fondest hopes clustered. 

His life tells its own story, a story of well-directed ambition 
and well-earned success. In future years around many an old- 
fashioned Kentucky fireside the father will gather his children 
around him and tell in feelling tones the history of the life 
struggles and success of John W. Kenhall, who lived for 
his people and laid down his life in their cause. 



ADDRESS OF MR. BUNN, OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

Mr. Speaker: We are performing a sacred duty when we 
pause amid our public set \ ices and lay aside for the time being 
our daily routine of business in order to pay our last tribute of 
respect to the memory of a good man and faithful public ser? 
ant. This is a time-honored custom which should always lie 
observed, not alone for the purpose of paying tribute to the 
memories of departed friends, but of utilizing their good ex- 
amides of life in rendering better the lives of those who survive 
them. 

Mr. Speaker, mj acquaintance with the late Mr. Kendall, 
in honor of whose memory these proceedings are now being 

held, began in the early part of the present Congress. We 

were both appointed members of the Committee on claims. 

ami my position a^ chairman of thai committee Boon brought 

me iii close relations with him and all'orded me an opportunity 

to learn and admire his admirable traits of character and to 
appreciate his invaluable services. 
There is do committee of this House whose duties are bo 



Life and Character of John W. Kendall. 15 

well calculated to test the patience, the firmness, and integ- 
rity of a member as the Committee on Claims, yet under all 
circumstances, no matter whether the claim was for an insig- 
nificant amount or for millions of dollars, when referred to 
Mr. Kendall, he was always found exhibiting the same de- 
gree of patience, care, and even handed justice to one as to the 
other. I never knew a more honorable and conscientious man, 
and his straightforward, manly, and courteous course com- 
manded the respect of all who knew him. 

It should, therefore, be no matter of surprise that one pos- 
sessing his noble qualities of head and heart should enjoy in 
so eminent a degree the affection and confidence of his con- 
stituents. Whilst he was firm in his political convictions, and 
occupied no doubtful grounds on public questions, yet his 
sense of fairness and justice was so well established that his 
popularity was not confined to the members of his own party. 

Mr. Kendall filled many positions of honor and trust in 
his native State, and the fact that he retained the confidence 
of those who knew him best is the very highest evidence that 
he was worthy of that confidence and affection which they 
felt for him, and which they will ever entertain for his honored 
name. 

Those gentlemen, Mr. Speaker, who have had the opportu- 
nity of becoming more intimately acquainted with the private 
relations and character of our deceased friend, and who have 
longer known the history of his public career, are better pre- 
pared to speak in detail of his private and public virtues than 
I am. But they can not have a higher opinion of his exalted 
worth or greater respect for his sacred memory. 

Kentucky, we all know, has produced a long list of distin- 
guished and patriotic sons, whose names are proudly con- 
nected with the history of our country, yet none have been 
more patriotic or more faithful in the performance of duty than 



16 Address of Mr. ( '. II '. Stone, of Pennsylvania, on Die 

John W. Kendall, whose memory we this day commemorate. 
Hi- was in every sense a true patriot, and while he entertained 
an intense love for his own State, he was broad-minded and 
generous in his views, and encouraged every movement that 
would advance the prosperity of the whole country. 

Bui his honorable and useful life is ended. Touswhoserved 
with him in this Hall, and especially to those who served with 
him in the committee room, and knew him so well, his death 
was lull of sadness, lie was taken away in the midst of his 
usefulness, and his family, his state, and his country have 
sustained a great loss. 

He now rests in the silent tomb on his Dative soil at the 
home of his beloved family, to whom he has left the rich inher- 
itance of a high and honorable reputation, a bright example, 
and a spotless name. 

The silver cord is loosened, the golden bowl is broken, the 
dust has returned to the earth as it was, and the spirit unto 
( .oil who gave it. 



ADDRESS OF MR. CHARLES W. STONE, OF PENNSYLVA' 

Mr. Speaker: I do not now recall how nor when I first be- 
came acquainted with Mr. Kendall. We were together on 

no i imittee ami were not in unison politically, but he sat 

ni'iii me and the one intervening seat between Us was often 
vacant and gradually I came to know and know fairly well the 
quiet, dignified, and rather reserved gentleman who had be- 
come my Neighbor on the floor of this Bouse, and with ac- 
quaintance came respect, esteem, and lricndshi|i. 

lie was nut dc tstrative, he Bought no new acquaintances, 

he made no speeches, and took no prominent part in the de 
liberations of this body, but he was generally in Ids seat, at 



Life and Character of John W. Kendall. 17 

tentive to bis duties, standing consistently by liis party prin- 
ciples and by his votes faithfully voicing the sentiments of his 
constituents. 

He impressed me with his candor, fairness, and honesty of 
purpose, his self-poise and amiability of disposition, his high 
sense of honor, his straightforward integrity of character. 

Before coming here he had been a lawyer in active practice, 
traveling through the whole ten counties forming the circuit 
in which he lived, breathing the pure, bracing air of his na- 
tive mountains, mingling freely with the plain people who 
knew and trusted him, but here the methods of legislation 
were .to him new and not altogether congenial, and the very 
atmosphere seemed oppressive. 

He had the appearance of ruddy health, but he lacked the ani- 
mation and vivacity and aggressive energy of a well man. 

lie felt the constraint of new surroundings and changed rela- 
tions, and he was not here long enough to attain that famil- 
iarity with our peculiar complex parliamentary methods neces- 
sary to the greatest efficiency as a member of this body. He 
was not without ambition and his purpose to take part in the 
discussion, of questions before the House was fully formed, but 
he felt the limitations and constraint which the unwritten 
laws of this body cast about the new member. What he might 
have done in longer service no one can tell. What he would 
have accomplished for his people and the nation no one can 
predict. An all-wise Providence whose decrees are inscrut- 
able denied him opportunity and lifted from him responsibility. 

Why this was done we, his associates, who were coming to 
know and esteem him, his constituents who with implicit trust 
and confidence had placed their interests in his hands, his sor- 
rowing family who clustered around him with all that love and 
devotion which a true husband and exemplary father com- 
manded, can not understand. Why he should be taken in the 

H. Mis. 100 2 



18 Address of Mr. C. II'. Stone, oj Pennsylvania, mi the 

maturity and fullness of his powers and just on the threshold 
of his national career do one can explain. 

To his Mends and to Ins associates his death is a loss. sad. 

inexplicable, and unrelieved by any compensating considers 

lion; but to him death came, as IliiMvi-i- man would wish it to 
come, in the fullness of his usefulness and strength, with no 
oppressive and burdensome prelude of enforced feebleness, 
powerlessness, and nselessness, no burden of prolonged pain 
and suffering. 

To us themessageof death was a rude shock; to him its 
hand was gentle as the caressing child. We who mourn him 
can not Tree ourselves from the sense of personal loss and sor 
row . nor refuse to recognize the solemn and oft repeated admo- 
nition of the uncertainty of life and the instability of all things 
human, but in itself death need he no somber specter, no inex- 
orable foe. no relentless tyrant. 

What is death f nil. what is death I 
"V is tin- snapping of the chain, 
"f is tlii- breaking of tin- bo\i 1. 
'T is relief from every pain, 

T i> ii nil, ,111 i,, the mimI. 
"I" is 1 lie Sotting ol' tin' sun. 

Tii rise again to-morrow , 
A brighter oonrse to nm, 

\,,i sink again t" sorrow . 
Such is death; yes, Bncb is death. 

What i- death I »h, what is death! 
°T is slumber to the weary, 

lis i.st to tin- forlorn, 
"f is shelter to tin- drear} . 

"f is peace amid tin- Btorm, 
"t is entrance t< r borne, 

1 ]M^;|;,' 1,, tli.lt I iod 

win, bids His children oome 

When their wearj coarse i- trod. 
Such is death; yes, Bncb i* death. 



Life and Character of John IT. Kendall. , . 19 



Address of Mr. McKinney, of New Hampshire. 

Mr. Speaker: My heart prompts me to speak a word in 
eulogy of our late associate in this House, Hou. J< ihn W. Ken- 
dall. I had not known him until the meeting of this Con- 
gress. He had chosen a seat next to my own, and a warm 
friendship soon sprang up between us. I found in him a gentle- 
man whose acquaintance I was glad to cultivate. Genial in 
his character, pleasant in his associations, it was a pleasure to 
meet him and receive his hearty greetings. 

His services in this House were limited, and he had not had 
an opportunity to impress himself upon his fellow-members; 
yet those who knew hiin best felt that he would make a valu- 
able member of this body. He was a faithful representative 
of his people, constantly engaged in looking after their inter- 
ests, as well as the interests of the whole people. 

He had long served his people in other positions of trust and 
honor, as county attorney, as a member of the Legislature, 
and as Commonwealth's attorney, and by his faithful services 
in these positions, as their honored servant and representative, 
his people were inspired to confer upon him greater honors by 
sending him to the halls of the Xational Legislature, where he 
might make his influence felt in a broader field of usefulness. 
Had his life been spared he would have shown that their con- 
fidence had not been misplaced. 

He was a modest man and unassuming, believing in that 
principle which has made our country great, that the people 
shall rule, and by his conduct exemplifying the precept of the 
Master, "The servant is not greater than his master." 

He was a broad-minded man; there was no bigotry in his 
make-up, and he always exercised the broadest charity in judg- 
ing his fellows. He was a Christian man, a member of the 



20 Address of Mr. Wilson^ of Kentucky \ on the 

Methodisl Church, and had a deep and abiding trusl in God 
and :i broad hope of immortality. 

While true to his chosen church and the faitb it inculcated. yd 
lie recognized as within the pale of God's love and mercy all who 
believed and trusted in him,of whatever church or faith. Be 
bad little warning of the end. lie was in his seat on Saturday, 
seemingly in his usual health, cheerful and happy. On Sunday 
morning, as the rays of the sunlight illumined the eastern sky, 
he was stricken down. 

lie heard not the hells that day that called the faithful to 
worship, and when the sun said; beneath the western horizon 
and the shadows gathered over the city his soul went nut. 

the shadows vanished before him, and the light of eternal daj 
Hashed its glory on his immortal vision. Kimlh hands laid his 
bodj in his native soil, where he rests from his earthly labors, 
hut his works shall still live in the memories of those who knew 
him. I can pronounce no greater eulogy on his character than 
tn say he was an honest, manly man. 



Address of Mr. Wilson, of Kentucky. 

Mi. Speaker: Having represented the Tenth district of 
Keutuckj in the Fifty firs! Congress and the late lion. .1. \Y. 
Kendall having been my successor as a Representative of 

that district, I feel it my duty to testily to hi- worth as a pri 
vate citizen and to his honorable career a- a servanl of the 
people. 

As a child of povert} he was not ashamed of his surround 
iugs, and as one fighting lor existence and supremacy he ex 
hibited that courage and persistence characteristic of the 
mountaineer, w hich has been faithfully portraj ed in prose and 
Bong bj t in- w ritei - of all ages. 

Impulsive, he made no coiicealmenl of hi- con> ictions, ami. 



Life and Character of John IT. Kendall. 21 

reliable, he could always be depended upon as a friend or a 
foe. He was never on the top rail watching on which side 
might be found the plums of official and political preferment. 
He never was found waiting for the baud wagon, nor did lie 
wait to learn how the people stood, but his career shows that 
he was a leader, always true to his convictions and not, as a 
straw by the wind, blown from side to side by the political 
winds which frequently sweep over the country, making and 
unmaking so many unworthy servants of the people. 

His convictions led him to enter the Confederate army early 
in the struggle, and as a bold and daring rider he had the con- 
fidence of his comrades, and at the close of the war returned 
to his home to again, as it were, start on the journey of life. 

As a lawyer he was true to his clients, and, having been 
elected a public prosecutor, he upheld the majesty of the law 
and was a terror to the lawbreaker. 

As a member of the State Legislature he was a faithful and 
consistent representative of his people and his section. 

For years he had an ambition to be a member of Congress, 
and more than once was defeated in his efforts to be the. nomi- 
nee of his party, and after his ambition in that direction had 
been gratified he said to me in this Hall that he was not only 
surprised at the duties required of him as a member of Con- 
gress, but was disappointed in his conceptions as to the oppor- 
tunity afforded to do that which was desired. 

He quickly saw the difference between a State Legislature 
and the House of Representatives of a great Government like 
ours. He fully understood the situation, and frankly said to 
me that if he lived he might be a candidate for reelection, and 
with that he would retire from the arena of national politics. 
Only two days before his unexpected death, at his request I 
went with him to the Pension Office and Post-Office Depart- 
ment in the interest of his constituents. 



22 Address of Mr. Smithy of Illinois, on the 

At tin- Pension Office he was Looking after the interest of 
sciinc- pensioner, and said to me that, although lit' was a Confed- 
erate soldier and was not ashamed of his record as such. \ < - 1 
he was glad that the war resulted as it did and that he was not 

opposed to pensions to Union soldiers. I lis domestic life was 
happy, anil while here in this city lie was unostentatious, mod- 
est, and temperate. 

From his frequent conversations with me I was pleased to 
learn that although we (littered politically he regarded me as 
his friend and bad respect for my opinions. 

I was shocked to hear of his death, SO hale and hearty did 
he appeal only a tew hours before, and it was with exceeding 

regrel thai I was unable to accompany his remains to his home 
in Wesl Liberty, Morgan County. Ky. 

In conclusion, 1 can say thai it was a just tribute to his mem 
or\ when the people he represented elected as his successor 

his son. the lion. JOSEPH M. KENDALL, and it is gratifying 

to observe thai he has proved to be worthj of the confidence 

reposed in him liy the people who hail SO often honored his 
lather. 

Address of Mr. Smith, of Illinois. 

.Mr. Speaker: An honest, silent tear at the -rave or a friend 

who has passed away is far more eloquent than all the eulo 
gies which careful study and earnest thought have ever pro- 
duced. 

Life comes to us without our choosing, and that which we 
call death will, sooner or later, claim us whether we court its 

embraces or try to ward it off. To all who reach maturity is 

given a work to do, a mission, ureal or small, to perform. 

Some sway the masses, lead their fellows, flash across tin 
horizon id' life like a brillianl meteor in a cloudless Bky ai 



Life and Character of John W.Kendall. 23 

night, but he who during' the time allotted to himhere has per- 
formed his duty honestly, honorably, faithfully, and well has 
in reality surpassed them all. Usefulness does not consist so 
much in the noise we make, the attention we attract, or the 
pomp we display as it does in the real, honest work we per- 
form and the good we accomplish. 

To know how to live is the greatest mystery of life, and 
sometimes it may to mortals appear that he who has accomp- 
lished the most has apparently performed or done the least. 
Eeal life is not always wisely measured by mortal ken, but its 
actual merit is carefully registered by the invisible Power 
which never falters nor fails to note the smallest or most in- 
significant act. 

He of a shrinking nature and a modest, retiring disposition 
may often perform the noblest works which mortals ever ac- 
complish, and passing away may leave as a legacy to mankind 
a name which will stand as a beacon light to life's weary 
mariners as they battle with the waves of adversity and 
wrestle with life's buffeting tide. 

Honesty of purpose, integrity in action, nobleness of deeds, 
purity of life, and a faithful performance of duty are the 
brightest jewels which can adorn the life of man, and he who, 
as the twilight of life is gathering about him, can feel and 
know that he has a conscience clear and approving in these 
respects will be able to peacefully fold his mantle about liim 
and fearlessly await the change which, while it shatters the 
mortal, will unfetter the spirit that, as we fondly hope, is a 
part and parcel of that creative power which pervades all na- 
ture, animates all thought, and wavers not in the noting of 
of every act. 

To see the better side of life and note the good your neighbor 
does while yet he treads the path of earth would be a grander 
act than scattermg thorns about his feet and then when " death 



24 Addn ss of Mr. Smith, of Illinois, on the 

has kissed his eyelids down" and his fetterless spirit had taken 
its tliglit to that mysterious shore where mortal footsteps ne'er 
have trod to laud in gemB of thought his life work o'er the grave 
where rest at last the tired feet and pulseless hearts of all. 

This afternoon we pause amidst the busy scenes oflife to pay 
a fleeting tribute t « > the memory of a worthy man. Standing 
near the line where shadows kiss the sunshine of the great and 
unexplored beyond, we think of him who lately sat amongst us 
on this Boor, and thought and felt and breathed aswedonow, 
and seemed to have Inline him many years of life; hut. all 
unknown to him, the gathering shadows quicklj fell across his 
path, and then the march of time with him had ceased, the 
windows of the soul were closed, and. with hut scarce a tremor 
of his manly frame, tin- prison wall- which held his fettered 
soul were broken down, and John W. Kkmhi.i. was in earth 
lite known no more. 

My associations with him were of the most pleasant character. 

From the time he entered Congre88 till his death we served on 

the same committee and were intimately connected in all our 

•\ .irk. I le was a man of bright intellect, sound judgment, char- 
itable disposition, and had a heart as tender as a woman's. I 
have often recalled the tact duritig all the time we were together 
I never heard him speak a harsh word of any one. 1 le either 
spoke in terms of respect, commendation, and praise, or did not 
speak at all. Such traits are w ell wort hy the emulation of e\ cry 
one; their cultivation and practice would throw more sunshine 
into e\ cry lite and Matter tlouei -w here in their absence naught 
but thorns ami thistles grow b. 

To say a word in memory of our friend is not to me a duty; 
't is imt a pleasure which l now perform. Unable longer foi 
himself to speak, his friends at last can join and weave from 
memory's threads a chanlet for Id w. In the fullness of bis 



Life and Character of John IV. Kendall. 25 

years he has been gathered to his rest. Devoted to his friends, 
attentive to duty, earnest in his convictions, an able lawyer, 
an intelligent citizen, he leaves to his family and friends the. 
richest heritage which earth or time can give, a name untar- 
nished and still this brightest fact of all, he was an honest 
man. 



Address of Mr. Weaver, of New York. 

Mr. Speaker: It was my good fortune to know lion. John 
W. Kendall as member of this House from the State of Ken- 
tucky. He was a member of the Committee on Claims, of 
which committee I have the honor to be a member. My ac- 
quaintance with Mr. Kendall was necessarily brief, but ex- 
tremely pleasant, and I am frank to say that I esteemed him 
greatly. 

He was a gentleman of the. highest character, a brave sol- 
dier, an able member of his profession, and a careful, pains- 
taking, and conscientious legislator, whose, services on his com- 
mittee and as a member of this House would have proved most 
valuable, owing to his experience in legislative bodies before 
coining to a wider field, the House of Representatives of the 
United States. From my personal knowledge of the man and 
from information gained troin mutual friends, I am proud to 
say that his integrity was above suspicion, and never did he 
exercise his right to vote in this House or on any question be- 
fore his committee but he performed his duty with rare intelli- 
gence and conscientiousness. 

He was a man of quiet demeanor, not demonstrative, but very 
thoughtful, and when once interested on a subject of conversa- 
tion was capable of great sociability and a most agreeable con- 
versationalist. How well I remember my last visit with him a 



26 Address of Mr. Belknap, of Michigan, on the 

short time only before his death. Be served in the < 'onfederate 
army, I served in the Union army, and we had marched over 
the same territory many a time in his State of Kentucky, and 
he told me many anecdotes of the war and spoke of many inci- 
dents that were known to both of us; and when 1 bade him adieu 
for tin- day promised myself much personal pleasure as a result 
of onr acquaintance, but being called home almost immediately 
I was greatly shocked within a few days to see iii the newspa- 
pers an account of his sudden death. In the death of Eon. 
John W. Kendall his country lost an able and honest Etepre 
sentative, his state a good citizen, and his family wore than 

can ever lie made good to them iu this world. 



Address of Mr. Belknap, of Michigan. 

.Mr. Speakei; : 1 can not let this occasion pass without pay 
inn my humble tribute to the memory of John W. Kendall. 
Michigan unites with Kentucky in sympathj with the family 
of our deceased brother. 

In the brief time allowed me I can not properly express in.\ 
sentiments, my regards, my admiration of the man as a citizen 
of the country, a soldier of the Confederacy, and a servant of 

his people. 

M\ acquaintance with him began in this Congress. Weoc 

enpied seats near each other. 1 found him an unassuming, 
industrious member, almost the first man to occupy his seat 
each morning of the week. 

Early and late, day after day, he was at his desk laboring 

foi- his constituents. The horns of the day "ere not long 
et gh for him, but the hour- of the night that should have 

been devoted to rest ami sleep woe given up to the man] de 

mauds of his office. 



Life and Character of John Jf. Kendall. 27 

As a soldier who fought in defense of the Union, I can not 
help but have an admiration for the men who fought in the 
ranks upon the other side. There has ever been and ever will 
be with me respect and regard for the men who marched and 
fought in the ranks of the Confederate armies. They were 
brave men, although they were wrong and were fighting in 
what the Union people of the country believed an unholy 
cause and as the years pass all people of the country, both 
North and South, are agreed was wrong. 

From a study of his life I am convinced he was not a politi- 
cian in any sense of the term. He was in his character too 
honest to be a politician. But he was independent in his life, 
doing as his own judgment and conscience dictated. Men who 
have the courage to think for themselves are rare, and it is 
said that our deceased brother was one of that rare kind. 

It is said of him that when war's shrill cry alarmed the land 
he thought his duty called him to side with the South. He 
did not enlist as a soldier thinking it a holiday matter, a day's 
or a month's frolic, but that it meant serious work. He en- 
listed first in the Fifth Kentucky Infantry, Confederate troops. 
By his ability and industry he won the attention of that master 
of rough riding, John Morgan, and was made by him the ad- 
jutant of the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. His service was in 
Kentucky, Tennessee, aud Virginia, participating in many 
battles and campaigns. 

By superb horsemanship and daring he escaped death in the 
Confederate disaster at Cynthiana, Ky., when nearly every 
other man was either killed, wounded, or captured. He seemed 
in all the years of the war to bear a charmed life. 

He was not one whom death did much dismay; 

Life's terrors, all death's terrors to him far outweighed; 

This life that Heaven had lent him for a day, 

He stood ready to pay hack when it was time to pay. 



28 Addrt Si oj Mr. Belknap, of Michigan, on tin 

Mm wiio have felt the sting of tbe bullet and heard tin- crash 
of the can nun's shell, <>i' have witnessed the scenes of havoc and 
desolation, rarely appeal for war t<> settle their grievances. 

Wars are usually made by civilians or politicians, bold and 
detiant in the forum, but w'lien the storm conies they seek the 
shelter of their homes, or safely behind the skirts of their \i ives 
and mothers view their innocent fellow-citizens as tiny catch 
the peltings of the [pitiless storm. 

This is a magnificent country, beautiful in its form, in its 
diversity. I believe the sentiment of the country is rapidly 
changing, and finally we will have no designation of North 
and South. Whosoever dwells upon a foot of soil on which the 
flag of the United States tloats is a citizen of a common conn 
try. Von might as well attempt to move the ( 'nnilierland 
Mountains to Europe to-day as to move Kentucky out of the 
Union. 

The love of one's country, and of one's birthplace, is natural 
and universal. The natives of the mountain regions of this 
country, while the remuneration tor toil is not great, are most 
boastful and proud of their birthplace. It is a high compli- 
ment to those people, in a district composed of both '• Blue- 

grass" and mountains, that a man like Mr. Kendall can 
tise to a seat in the Federal Congres, whereas the natives of 
other sections of the country, where the soil is rich, migrate 
like bees from an overcrowded hive. But all are Americans, 

and proud of the whole country. 

'I'he present age may be justly described as the age of revo- 
lutions. The whole civilized world is agitated with political 
convulsions, and seems to he struggling after some uncertain, 
perhaps unattainable, good. 

\\ hen the pride of exploded opinion-, and the old war cries 
of parties shall have been silenced ill the grave of antebellum 

politicians, t he new generation will recognize and maintain 



Life and Character of John W. Kendall. 29 

that sovereignty of the Union which is essential to the highest 
welfare of all sections. 

The characters of men are generally molded by the circum- 
stances in which they are placed. They seldom put forth their 
strength without some powerfully exciting motive. But in a 
country like ours, where the most obscure individuals in society 
may, by their talents, virtues, and public services, rise to the 
most honorable distinctions and attain to the greatest offices 
which the people can give, it is indeed true that but few who 
run in the race for political honor can obtain the prize. But 
although many come short yet the exertions and progress 
which they make are nut lust either on themselves or society. 
These are some of the benefits peculiar to a popular govern- 
ment — benefits which we have long enjoyed. 

Our deceased friend had the basis of all high character, un- 
spotted integrity and honor. If he had aspirations they were 
high, honorable, and noble. There was nothing low and selfish 
that came near the head or heart of Mr. Kendall. 

Firm in his purpose, he was perfectly patriotic and honest 
in the principles he espoused and in the measures he defended, 
aside from that regard for that species of distinction that con- 
ducted him to eminent stations where he has benefited the lie 
public. 

In the allotment of Providence lie was placed in a pleasant 
and beautiful country — a country where the mountain sides 
are clothed with forests, aud where the valleys are sparkling 
with laughing springs and sparkling rivers. 

Life is all a mist in whose shadows we meet our fortunes. He 
has emerged from the mists. Gently and silently he passes 
from our sight. 

Let us think of him as still hearing the music of winds in the 
trees upon the mountain side; as still listening to the laughter 
of the mountain brooks, the warbling of the birds; his spirit 



30 Address of Mr. Belknap, "/Michigan. 

guarding from all harm the bereaved companion of his man- 
hood and the fatherless children who are left behind. 

Hi- sleeps among the hills 
Where the mountain roses 
Drink the dews as day reposes. 
The world is ever as we take it. 
And life i- ever as we make it. 

The resolutions wen- then adopted ami. in pursuance thereof, 
the House (at •"> o'clock ami 55 minutes p. m.) adjourned. 



PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEATH. 



March 8, 1892. 

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. T. O. 
Towles, its chief clerk, conveyed to the Senate the intelli- 
gence of the death of Hon. John W. Kendall, late a Repre- 
sentative from the State of Kentucky, and transmitted the 
action of the House thereon. 

Mr. Blackburn. I ask that the message which has come 
from the House of Representatives may be read. 

The Vice-President. The Chair lays before the 'Senate 
resolutions of the House of Representatives, which will be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows : 

In the House of Representatives, 

March S, 1S92. 

Respited, That the members of the House of Representatives have heard 
with deep regret and profound sorrow of the death of Hon. John W. Ken- 
dall, late a Representative from the State of Kentucky. 

Resolved, That a committee of seven members of the House be ap- 
pointed by the Speaker, to act with such Senators as may be selected, to 
attend the funeral of the deceased, and that the Sergeant-at-Arms of the 
House shall take order for superintending the funeral and for escorting 
the remains of the deceased to his home; and the necessary expenses 
attending the execution of this order shall be paid out of the contingent 
fund of the House. 

Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to communicate a copy of these 
resolutions to the Senate. 

Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect, the House do now adjourn. 

31 



32 Proceedings in the Senate. 

Mr. Blackburn. Mr. President, it is not my purpose al 
tlii> hour to indulge in any remarks upon the life, character, or 
public services of my colleague who has just died. At a propei 
time in the earl; future I shall, in obedience to a long- 
observed custom of the Senate, ask to have a day set apart for 
the observance of those ceremonies which shall be appropri 
ate. At this time I simply ask lea\ e to offer for consideration 
and adoption the resolutions which 1 send to the desk. 

Tin- Vice-President. The resolutions will be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: 

Resolved, That tin- Senate lias beard » iili profound sorrow tin- anuouui e- 
nr -Hi of the death of Hon. John \V. Kendall, late a Representative from 
the State of Kentucky. 

/,•. tolved, That a committee of five Senators be appointed by the Presid- 
ing Officer, tn join the committee appointed on the part ofthe House of 
Representatives, to attend the funeral of the <1< ased. 

Ri wived, I'll n the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House 
ol Representath cs. 

The Vice-President. The question is on agreeing to the 
resolutions. 

The resolutions were agreed to unanimously, and the Vice- 
President appointed as the committei the pan of the Sen 

ate under the second resolution, .Mr. PaSCO, Mr. QansbrOUgh, 
Mr. Chilton, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Gibson, of Maryland. 

Mr. Blackburn. Mr. President, 1 oiler the following reso 

lution: 

Resolved, That, as an additional mark <.i respect, the Senate do now" 
adjourn. 

The resolution was agreed to unanimously, and (at i o'clock 
and 27 minutes p. in.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, 
Wednesday, March 9, L892, at 12 o'clock m. 



EULOGIES. 



March 3, 1893. 

Mr. Lindsay. Mr. President, I desire to call up the House 
resolutions iu regard to the death of the Hon. .John W. Ken- 
dall, of Kentucky. 

The President pro tempore. The Chair lays before the 
Senate the resolutions of the House of Representatives, which 
will be read. 

The Secretary read as follows : 

In the House of Representatives, 

February 4, 1S93. 

Resolved, That the business of the House of Representatives be now sus- 
pended that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. 
John W. Kendall, late a Representative from the State of Kentucky. 

Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
ceased and in recognition of his eminent abilities as a distinguished pub- 
lic servant, the House of Representatives, at the conclusion of these 
memorial proceedings, shall stand adjourned. 

'Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family 
of the deceased. 

'Mr. Lindsay. I offer the resolutions which I send to the 
desk. 
The President pro tempore. The resolutions will he read. 
The Secretary read as follows: 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announce- 
ment id' the death of Hon. John W. Kendall, late a Representative from 
tin- State of Kentucky. 

Resolrcd, That the business of the Senate be now suspended, in order 
that fitting tribute he paid to his memory. 

H. Mis. 1(H) 3 ■ 



34 Addn ss of Mr. Lindsay, of Kentucky, on the 



Address of Mr. Lindsay, of Kentucky. 

Mi. President: In the hill country of Kentucky, spoken 
ot' in thai State as the mountains of Kentucky, we have a civ- 
ilization unique in its character, which I think more fairh rep- 
resents the civilization of the American pioneers <>t';i hundred 
years ago than can probablj be tunnel anywhere in the broad 
Republic. Afterthe Indian wars had been foughl out on the 
western borders of Virginia and- North Carolina, and after the 
Revolutionary struggle had been prosecuted to a successful 
conclusion, when the people from the Bast commenced tocrowd 
across the Blue Ridge tooccupj the rich lands which tie in 
the valley between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghenies, those 
people, who had been all the time in advance of civilization, 
feeling thai they were being encroached apon by these neigh 

bors who came across from the Bast, took up their march far- 
ther westward; and instead of selecting then homes in the 
fertile country of middle Kentucky or of prosecuting their 
journey farther westward to the rich lands of the Ohio, made 
their homes in the mountain regions, far away from the line- 
id' travel, and in this isolation preserved the customs and tra- 
ditions they had broughl across the mountains with them. 

John W. Kendall was a product of this civilization. Born 
and reared in eastern Kentucky, he was a type of the people 
of whom I speak. Robusl of constitution, with a strong mind, 
with a reasonable ambition to excel, he tool, advantage of the 
meager opportunities afforded him for education, ami when he 

had reached I he v ears of niaiili 1 had succeeded inaccoiii 

plishingall that could be accomplished, bis opportunities being 
considered, lie was from the outeel a leading man in his 
aeighborhodd. 



Life and Character of John W.Kendall. 35 

He turned bis attention to the law, but bad only followed tbe 
practice a little way wben tbe civil war came on. Being a 
leader in bis vicinity, be led bis companions into tbe Confed- 
erate army and served witb distinction to tbe end of tbe war. 
Returning to bis borne in tbis mountain country be took up 
tbe practice of law and took it up witb success. 

Very little new blood has been infused into tbis people by 
immigration from tbe outer world, and they are to-day the rep- 
resentatives of like customs, of like ideas, of like traditions, 
with those practiced and cherished by their fathers one hundred 
and twenty-five years ago. His education in the law was 
probably not as elaborate as it should have been. He did not 
have opportunity of consulting authorities; he did not rely 
upon precedents. 

Such was not the custom of bis section of country. He had 
read the lectures of Blackstone; he had studied the Commen- 
taries of Kent; was familiar with Story's Treatise upon Equity 
Jurisprudence; was deeply read in Chitty's work upon Plead- 
ings, and thus armed for tbe conflict, he entered upon the prac- 
tice — not to quote precedents ; not to look into reports — but 
to go to the reason of his ease and to present it to the court 
with that singular power which always is found in men who 
have thus mastered the principles of the law, and do not rely 
upon the precedents to be found in the libraries of modern 
days. 

As I have said, he practiced with success and became a lead- 
ing lawyer in a community full of lawyers of this original char- 
acter. He was made the Commonwealth's attorney in tbe dis- 
trict in which he lived. He was a prominent man, either in 
office or out of it. He served in tbe legislature in bis native 
State, and finally bis ambition was crowned by being made a 
member of the other branch of this Congress. 

At a mature age, with the experience of thirty years of active 



36 Address of Mr. Cullum, of Illinois, on the 

life, with t lie wisdom which came from observation, it is more 
than likely he would have taken a prominent position in the 
Halls of Congress; but just as it was expected he would de- 
velop into the rounded man lie was prepared to make, deatli 
came and relieved him <>l' his duties and called him from his 
labors. 

1 did not have an intimate personal acquaintance with him, 
but I am familiar with the estimate in which, he was held by 
i hose who knew him best, lie had the confidence of the com- 
munity in which he lived; he preserved thai confidence until 
the end: and when death came, when he was called from his 
labors, he passed to the other side with the affection of the 
people who knew him best, and the confidence and esteem of 
all men with whom he had been brought in contact. 



Address of Mr. Cullom, of Illinois. 

Mr. PRESIDENT: A.gain we pause and lay aside our work 
for the living, which just now strongly presses upon us. to 
utter a word of regret and sadness in memorj of the dead. 

It was not my good fortune to be intimately acquainted with 
John w. Kendall, late a member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives of the present < 'ongress from the < 'ommonwealtfa of 

Kentucky. 1 knew him well enough, however, to join his col 
leagues and associates in the declaration that he was an able. 

honest man. conscientious in the discharge of every duty im- 
posed upon him as a citizen, as a law officer, a legislator in his 
State and in the National Congress. To whatever station he 
was called he pet formed it > timet ions wit li singular fidelity, 
and never failed to rise to the measure of public expectation. 
As has been stated, he became a member of Congress by 



Life and Character of John J I'. Kendall. 37 

passing through a school of training not unfamiliar to the 
majority of the public meu of this country — county attorney, 
State legislator, Commonwealth attorney, and finally became 
a member of Congress. How familiar to many men now here 
is this route to a seat in one or the other branches of Congress. 
As in all pursuits men press forward, performing their duty 
as they see it, taking one step and then another, some in busi- 
ness, some in one profession, some in another, and some in pol- 
ities, all prompted by a like ambition and sense of duty. Some 
accumulate fortunes, some gain distinction and renown as 
lawyers, physicians, ministers, and scholars, some as bene- 
factors of the race, as humanitarians, and others gain distinc- 
tion as politicians and statesmen. 

John W. Kendall did not remain long enough in Congress 
to become prominent, but his people, knowing and loving him, 
chose him as their Representative because they recognized his 
ability and integrity and knew that he would be faithful to the 
trust reposed in him. 

After all, Mr. President, he who does his duty and does it 
well all through the years of his life is the true man. And 
who can doubt the loving witness which those who knew Mr. 
Kendall best bear, that in all the stations he did this. 

Born among the rugged mountains of Kentucky, among a 
people beloved so well, as he ripened into mature age his char- 
acter seemed to be formed by the characteristics of his environ- 
ments. He subordinated the partisan that the patriot might 
predominate, and in his love of country knew no invisible 
State lines. He entered the National House with the determ- 
ination to represent his constituency, but at the same time to 
legislate for his entire country. Inscrutable Providence in his 
wisdom deprived the country of his services ere his sun had 
reached the full glory of its zenith and while he gave promise 
of many years of active life. 



38 Address of Mr. Pasco, of Florida, on tin- 

Bis earthly career is closed ; his mortal remains lie among 
tin- mountains where lii-t he saw the li.^ht of day, and a de- 
voted family, a loving constituency, and the people of the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky mourn his loss. He has left to 
them a priceless heritage — an unblemished name, a stainless 
record. 

ADDRESS OF MR. PASCO. OF FLORIDA. 

Mr. President: The Late Representative from Kentucky 
to w nose memory we pay tribute to day served his people only 
for a short period lien- at the national capital. He came to 
Washington for the first time in this capacity at the beginning 
of the present Congress and entered upon his duties on Mon- 
day. December 7. L891. 

.lust tlin-r months from thai time Iris term was abruptly 
ended by a summons to the unseen land at the hands of a mes- 
senger \\ ho accepts no refusal, lie Iefl his quiet, happy home 
in a remote town among the mountains of his native State 
early in December for this wide field of usefulness, full of en- 
ergy, zeal, and health, with a conscientious desire to do ins 
full duty to the people who had honored him. with ambitious 
longings to sen e his state « ith distinction. He little realized 
how laborious the life was upon which hi' was about to enter; 
he little understood how many obstacles stood inthewaj to 

success and fame. 

Like many others lie soon found himself burdened with 
new and unexpected labors which his constituent- expected 
liim to perform for them, 'flic time which he had planned to 

devote to the greal questions which come before Congress i"i 
discussion ami action was encumbered with an ever-increasing 
coi respoudence, the distribution of documents, visits to the De- 
partments to look a ft ei postal and pension matters, ami a con 



Life and Character of John II '. Kendall. 39 

stant round of small details which seemed unavoidable. Be- 
sides these there were duties more directly belonging to his 
position. He was assigned to one of the most laborious com- 
mittees of the House, and performed his full share of work, 
and his associates tell us that it was done creditably and faith- 
fully. 

Those who had seats near him in the House say that he was 
generally in his place giving attention to the business in baud, 
evidently endeavoring to accustom himself to the methods of 
legislation and looking forward to an active participation in 
the debates and legislative work when he felt himself suffi- 
ciently acquainted with the parliamentary practice of that 
body. The change of climate and mode of life bore heavily 
upon him. His work, though much of it was distasteful to 
, him, was performed with diligence, but his energies were 

sapped, his health was undermined, and when disease attacked 
him" he became an easy victim. On Saturday he was in his 
accustomed seat apparently as well as usual, but the next 
morning he was stricken down, medical skill failed, the atten- 
tions of a devoted wife were of no avail, his spirit passed 
from earth and returned to the God who gave it. 

In this short period of service there was no opportunity for 
Mr. Kendall to make any great impression upon the House 
or the country, and his circle of acquaintances was small, for 
he had given his first attention, after coming here, to perform 
the work which was nearest his hands and learn his duties 
rather than to bring himself into personal contact with his as- 
sociates. Those who were nearest to him in this body and in 
the House of Representatives have not attempted to repre- 
sent Mr. Kendall as a man of national reputation. What- 
ever his capacity may have been there was never an opportu- 
nity for him to display or develop great talents. Few of those 
to whom ample opportunity is afforded achieve greatness. 



tO Address of Mr. Pasco, of Florida, on the 

In (mi earlier days, before the experience of life, many of us 
may have imagined that Congress was the temple of fame, but 
if we looi over the long succession of names of those who have 
preceded us we can not fail to be impressed with the fact thai 
even those public men who were conspicuous during their terms 
of service are soon forgotten by the world. National reputa- 
tions soon fade, and new generations of statesmen succeed one 
another to play in turn their parts upon tin- greal stage of 
human action. 

Services such as we are holding are to be com mended whether 
those we honor walk in the higher pat lis of fame or the lowlier 
paths of usefulness. It is right and proper to gather up what 
is commendable and praiseworthy and honorable in the li\ i - of 
our brothers who fall at our sides as we together discharge the 
greal duties intrusted tons by our people and our States. These 

tributes, if they serve i ther purpose, are treasured as chap- 
ters of the family history, to incite successive generations to 
emulate the virtues of their progenitors. There isno nobler 
hook of heraldry than the record of an ancestor who achieved 
success by his own efforts and served his country faithfully 
and conscientiously. 

[f we turn from .Mr. Kendall's brief national record to his 

life in Kentucky, wc shall find that in the section where he was 
born ami reared and lived tor more than fifty-seven wars, he 
was a man of no small accomplishments, and thai hewas loved 
and honored and respected, and deserved!] so. In the early 
days Hi' t he late war, when the people of his State w en- ili\ ided 
in their \ iews of duty, his sympathies and associations caused 

him to espouse tin- Confederate cause. 

Be soon entered thecavalrj service, won the confidence and 

esteem of his comrades, anil fouglll till the war closed. l'.nt 

when he laid down his arms and again accepted the obligations 
of citizenship, he laid aside all feeling of ill will toward those 



Life and Character of John W. Kendall. -41 

against whom he had marched and fought, and when he came 
to Congress he was ever ready to help the old soldiers who had 
been opposed to him, and he assisted many of the broken 
veterans of the Union Army in securing recognition of their 
claims against the United States. 

Others have made mention of the honors which the people 
of his county and district bestowed upon him in successive 
years. It is not necessary for me to repeat the interesting 
recital. Everything indicates that they were worthily bestowed, 
and that the great confidence which his neighbors and friends 
felt in him in his early life knew no abatement. Their affection 
and regard grew and ripened as his years increased and his 
manly qualities developed. 

I was a member of the committee appointed by the Senate 
to accompany the remains of Representative Kendall to his 
former home, and I wish to make a brief reference to our 
journey mainly for the purpose of bringing out some incidents 
which showed the esteem in which he was held by those who 
knew him best. 

West Liberty, where the family home of the Kendall's is 
situated; is a little town upon the Licking River, the county 
seat of Morgan county. It is a day's ride from'Morehead, the 
nearest accessible point on the railroad at the time of our visit, 
and withouttelegraphiccoinmunication. Our road ran through 
a hilly and mountainous section, abounding in wild and pictur- 
esque scenery, a beautiful country when decked with verdure 
and adorned with sunshine. But our journey was made at an 
unfavorable time. The cold was intense, and the snow was 
falling continuously. 

The country wa>£ sparsely settled, but the messenger who 
had the day before carried from the railroad the telegram 
bearing to the daughters of the deceased at West Liberty the 
sad news of their father's death, had announced the coming of 



12 Address of Mr. Pasco, of Florida^ on the 

the funeral procession, and short as was the notice many had 
gathered at the little hamlets and villages along our route to 
show their love for their Representative and their sorrow at 
his death. We stopped at a little house by the wayside to 
rot our horses and warm ourselves, and were treated with 
the hospitality which Eentuckians always extend even to un- 
expected guests. And while the good wife was exerting her- 
self tor our com tort, our host and The assembled neighbors 
were telling us about the manly qualities of our departed a> 
sociate and the confidence the people had in him. 

The Shades Of night had just gathered over the little town 
when we reached our destination. The sad news was only a 
day in advance of us, and it was manifest that a deep sorrow 
had fallen not alone upon the family, but upon the whole people. 
Hut three months before their townsman hail left them full of 
bright hopes ami high aspirations. They had rejoiced at his 

pro tion and felt a just pride in his advancement. But it 

was all over. The last of earth had come. In accordance 
with a wish expressed in his lifetime, all that remained of him 

was to be laid at rest with the generations w ho had gone 
before. 

We gathered al the homestead in the early morning and 
joined in a brief service conducted by the family pastor. Sweel 
voices muted their melody in an appropriate hymn, and the 
man of G-od commended the widow and children to the care 
of t heir I leavenly Father. 

A> the neighbors gathered and departed and talked w ilh u^ 
about the deceased, we were impressed w it h t he belief t hat t hey 

loved and honored him, and that his death was regarded as a 
personal loss, as well as a general misfortune. 

Arrangements had been made before our arrival tor a more 
public mi \ ice later in the day, and word had gone out through 
all the country round to the members of the church with which 



" Life and Character of John 11'. Kendall. 43 

he had united and the Masonic lodge to which he had belonged 
to come in at an appointed hour, but we had to get back to the 
railroad by night and could not remain. The people were 
already assembling as we left and along our road we met man y 
groups of mounted men riding towards the town to participate 
in doing honor to the memory of their friend and brother and 
and companion. 

The events of our visit to West Liberty often occur to me, 
and I have thought that in judging the character and success 
of Mr. Kendall he should be viewed from the Kentucky 
standpoint, and that the barely commenced Congressional life 
need scarcely be considered. His career there was fidl of suc- 
cess. He was brave, honorable, sagacious in counsel, and true 
to his friends ; a kind husband, an indulgent father, a good 
neighbor. He won the confidence of those with whom he came 
in contact in a remarkable degree. 

These are the elements of a noble manhood and a well- 
rounded life, and the record which the deceased has left is a 
rich legacy to his family and descendants, and a pleasing recol- 
lection for his friends and associates to cherish. 

Address of Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky. 

Mr. President: We have reached the conclusion of the 
last sad ceremonial which Congress decrees as due to its dead 
membership. In the rapidly wasting hours of this Congress 
and in the pressure of most important legislation the Senate 
pauses to do honor to the memory of a man who, though 
scarcely having entered upon his service as a member of this 
National Council, brought with him a record which entitles 
him to this distinguished mark of consideration. 

It was my privilege to know Mr. Kendall long and inti- 
mately. More than twenty years ago I served with him for 



44 . Iddress of Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, on the 

two terms as a member of the- house of representatives of the 
Kentucky legislature. His services there wen- distinguished 
by reason of the persistency as well a^ the ability with which 
he urged upon the legislature an improvement upon the edu- 
cational system of his section and his State and the material 
development of its then hidden resources. 

My colleague i Mr. Lindsay] lias correctly described him as 
a type of thai surviving civilization which finds its home al 
the present day in the mountain fastnesses of our community. 
Honest, sturdy, self-reliant, persistent in his efforts to estab- 
lish his views, of the correctness of which he cherished no 
doubt, he was withal an exceptionally popular man in the 
section in which he lived. Two evidences were given of this, 
both incontestible and conclusive. 

Ii was in thai portion of Kentucky, when the war came on 
in 1861, that the fires of sectional passion and hailed burned 

the fiercest. Ee espoused, as the Senate has been told, the 

cause of the South iii that civil strife. 

A Tier having completed his service of lour years as a Boldier 
without siain, he returned to bis native home, to find society 
stirred, factional differences unsettled, and lor many years 
thereafter this disordered stale continued In exist, lint he 
was not made the object, he was not made the victim of any 

of tin- prejudices cherished agaiusl him because of his military 
service. Upon the contrary, shortly after the conclusion of 
the war he was given place after place involving the mosl 
delicate duties, his election to these several offices proving 

hey 1 question the confidence, the respect, and the affection 

u hich w ere cherished for him. 

Whether he would ever have developed into a Congressional 
leader it is not. .Mr. President, for us to undertake to determine; 

luit if we are to judge by the record he had already made 

surely his friends were warranted in anticipating a I than 

ordinarily brilliant future for him when he came to Congress, 



Life and Character of John W.Kendall. 45 

As county attorney, elected and reelected; as State lawmaker, 
elected and reelected; as Commonwealth's attorney, charged 
with the duty of vindicating the outraged majesty of the law, 
lie had performed every duty faithfully and acceptably. 

There was auother evidence given of the affection cherished 
for him by his people. When he fell at the post of duty here, 
upon the very threshold of his Congressional career, in a dis- 
trict filled with scores of able and ambitious men, several of 
whom had contested the high honors of a seat in the Federal 
councils with him but a few months before, that people attested 
their loyalty and their devotion to him by taking his son, then 
scarce more in age than a beardless boy, and by unanimous 
acclaim commissioned him to come to Congress and finish the 
term which had been allotted to his lamented father. 

These facts, Mr. President, speak louder than any tribute 
which we can pay in behalf of the dead whom we now lament; 
but, sir, I shall not undertake to claim that more was due him 
than has been accorded by the Senators who have preceded me. 

As an advocate he was known throughout that region of 
Kentucky because of the force and vigor which he employed, 
whether in the prosecution of lawbreakers or in defense of 
those charged with crime whose interests were committed to 
his keeping. Above all, he left no duty undischarged which 
he had ever assumed. 

In the light of this record we have a right to believe that, 
could his life have been spared, he would have accomplished in 
the council chambers of his country what he had uever failed 
to secure in every position which he had assumed. But three 
months had passed from his entrance into the House of Rep- 
resentatives until the funeral cortege bore his remains back to 
his native mountain home, their final resting place. 

Death's messenger came without a herald; the shaft struck 
as though it had been a blow falling from a cloudless sky; and 
yet he was not unprepared for it, if the record of a well-spent 



4<> Address or Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky. 

life, tin- faithful discharge of every duty, the securing, the 
commanding, and the holding of the confidence and affection of 
his people — if these suffice to make preparation for that awful 
change to which he was so rudely summoned. 

What fate awaited him upon the Other side we ma\ not 
know. Beyond the portals of the tomb it is not given to man 

to see. Go, bring the wisest of the earth, and by his side upon 
the edge of the open grave place the driveling, babbling idiot; 

the one can sec as deeply into that narrow home or as fai be- 
yond ii as the other. All the cycles of ages which lie behind 
us have shed no light upon that dark portal: there is no hu- 
man vision which can penetrate it. unless when aided by the 
light of revealed religion or taking counsel of the love which 

we bear the dead. 

What waited him beyond I do not know; but this I do know, 
that if in that other life it has been his fortune to be assigned 
to congenial and kindred spirits, he is associating new with 
the generous and the gentle, the true-hearted and the brave. 

The President pro tempore. The question is on the resolu- 
tions proposed by the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Liudsaj . 

The resolutions were agreed to unanimously. 

Mr. Blackburn. Mr. President, I submit the resolution I 
send to the desk. 
The President pro tempore. The resolution will be read. 

The SecrctaiA read the resolution, as follows: 

, ,:, I 1 1. 1 1 as an additional markoi respeotto the memory of thede- 

. . i-.-.i. I he v > Date 'lo now adjourn. 

The President pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to 

the resolution submitted bj the Senator from Kentucky. 

The resolution was unanimously agreed to; andiat I o'clock 

and •'!" minutes a. m.. Friday, March 3) the Senate adjourned 
until Friday, March •;. 1893, at ll o'clock a. in. 






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